Friday, October 21, 2011

The Orgin of Fall

In case if one has not noticed it has been cold outside.
Recently I broke out my winter coat and while heading to class I wondered what
my blog entry would be about. So I figured how about I do mine about the season
of fall or autumn which we are currently in at the moment. There are many explanations
of how fall came to be. My favorite one is probably the most known ones. It all
begins when Zeus and his sister Demeter, goddess of the crops and harvest had a
daughter Persephone. One day Persephone was kidnapped by Hecate, goddess of
witchcraft, who then told her to see the sun, Helios, if he had seen what
happened. Helios told her what happened, so then she went to Zeus for help on
the issue and he refused to help and since he refused Demeter refused her role
as goddess. Since crops wouldn’t grow
and the human race was threatened with extinction by famine because of this
Zeus told Hades that he would have to release Persephone go sometime. When
mother and daughter reunited Demeter asked if Persephone ate anything while in
the underworld. She did and all she ate was a pomegranate seed and because she
ate this she spends winter with Hades. Persephone spends the other seasons with
Demeter. This explains all four off the seasons: the spring is when Persephone arrives
back home, the summer is when Persephone is wit she spends winter with Hades.
Persephone spends the other seasons with Demeter. This explains all four off
the seasons: the spring is when Persephone arrives back home, the summer is
when Persephone is wit she spends winter with Hades. Persephone spends the
other seasons with Demeter. This explains all four off the seasons: the spring is
when Persephone arrives back home, the summer is when Persephone is wit she
spends winter with Hades. Persephone spends the other seasons with Demeter.
This explains all four off the seasons: the spring is when Persephone arrives
back home, the summer is when Persephone is with Demeter, the fall is when it
is nearing the time she has to go back to Hades, and the winter is when Demeter
mourns at the fact that Persephone is with Hades in the underworld.

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